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France's football league says Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera has bought a share of the domestic TV rights for topflight games from 2012 to 2016 after having previously secured the international rights.
The league says Al-Jazeera will broadcast two games per round, on Fridays and Sundays.
Current right holders Canal Plus will keep the Sunday night game and broadcast a match on Saturdays.
The league said Thursday that Al-Jazeera and Canal Plus agreed to pay a total of ?510 million ($725 million) per season, describing that as ''a very satisfying result comforting our strategy despite the lack of competition on the French market.''
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The league has yet to sell the mobile and pay-per-view rights.
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